Subject(s): Groundwater -- Economic aspects -- Water-supply -- Social aspects -- Environmental management -- Gender strategy -- Development plans -- Tanks in Karnataka- baseline information, social assessment- perspectives on stakeholders, gender and collective action, assessing environmental and social impact and exploring alternatives, project design and implementation, gender strategy and action plan, environmental management plan EMP, integrated pest management IPM, policy for resettlement adn rehabilitation of persons affected by community- based rehabilitation of minor irrigation tanks in Karnataka, tribal issues and indigenous peoples development plan, tribal development plan